VS2010 Beta 2 available

[Ian Shlasko]

Wow... Just... wow... You know, I like .NET and WPF and everything, but prices like that make me think it may be time to switch to Java.

Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Developer, Author (Guardians of Xen)

[l a u r e n]

A-HAHAHAHAHA-HAHAHAHAHA-HAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA time to give up visual studio then i guess a platform is only as good as it's eco-system and they are trying their best to kill it off it would appear ... crazy ... absolutely crazy :wtf:

"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"

[Pierre Leclercq]

Arf! That's a good one!!

You can't turn lead into gold, unless you've built yourself a nuclear plant.

[Pierre Leclercq]

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

VS2010 So Expensive That God Can't Afford It

But not Chuck Norris ... he already bought it... twice!!!

You can't turn lead into gold, unless you've built yourself a nuclear plant.

[originSH]

Isn't that just Pro, Team and Team Suite? In which case they are priced the same as with VS2008?

[R Giskard Reventlov]

If they just had one version and charged $50 for it they'd sell more than they could turn out.

me, me, me

[NormDroid]

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

VS2010 Ultimate

The only way a human will own that is by going to the 'bay for pirates'... I suppose is a snap compared to Websphere which did retail some years ago around ~£60,000 GBP.

Software Kinetics (requires SL3 beta) - Moving software

[Lost User]

Dario Solera wrote:

I can't imagine anyone purchasing that one.

What happened to your "You get what you pay for" mantra? Surely the most expensive solution is best... ;P

[Jim Crafton]

I presume you're joking, but a 300-500 price would be more realistic. And one version.

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[Jim Crafton]

How does this compare to previous versions? Is this a lot more expensive? The Pro version doesn't seem to off the mark.

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[realJSOP]

*All* of Microsoft's pricing is off the mark.

.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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[realJSOP]

The only way I'd get that version is if it came with a lifetime supply of BBBBBBBB (Beautiful Blond Bimbos Bearing Big Bodacious Bouncing Breasts). BTW, the value "BBBBBBBB", when converted to binary is 10111011101110111011101110111011. This information is provided to keep the post somewhat programmer-specific.

.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

[Chris Maunder]

I'm glad they didn't just make up a price and say "$11,299". If it were that price you'd know they hadn't thought it through, but clearly at $11,294 they have done their best to scrape every last dollar off the price.

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

[realJSOP]

They should have scraped another $11,200 from the price. Only then it would have been obvious. :)

.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

[Jim Crafton]

I wonder what the SKU for that would be? Maybe someone at Microsoft will blog about it :) It would at least be a more entertaining/interesting read than most of the crap they churn out.

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[originSH]

It's very close to the previous pricing, it's just the names have changed. Change seems to confuse and scare people ;)

[Dan Neely]

The pro pricing is basically unchanged. Premium pricing is roughly inline with Team System Kitchen Sink edition. The $11k edition has no predecessor. Standard ($350) and Team System One Part Only ($2.5k) editions appear to be KIA.

The latest nation. Procrastination.

[Dan Neely]

well yeah; we're in a recession don't you know. :rolleyes:

The latest nation. Procrastination.

[Lost User]

I spent the majority of the last two years doing Java dev work with NetBeans. It was like a breath of fresh air. It works, it's stable and I was able to produce good product quickly. And it's all free.

[originSH]

Ultimate is Team Server + Team Suite ... it costs so much because it comes with the TFS server. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team System Team Suite (with MSDN Premium)[^]